Just for info, I was mining bitcoin with CPUs before that fedcoin even had a price on it. Most of my profit at the time was daytrading stocks with bots, so I also lost and won quite a bit more than the average.

Please don't contribute to BTC.

It is singlehandedly killing the reason why crypto currencies were created and turning them into nothing more than speculative stocks that are regulated and monitored by governments. People are being hurt and chased because they don't understand yet that privacy is critical, we have the responsibility to drive them into a better option.

Learn more about Monero.